Evaluation of combined surgery and adjuvant treatment of 57 colorectal cancer patients

Between July 1985 and June 1992 inclusive, 163 rectal, sigmoid and rectosigmoid patients among 607 [26.9%] gastrointestinal tract malignancies were presented, diagnosed and treated post-operatively [57 patients] or palliative [106 patients] at both radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine [RT-NMD] and Surgery Departments, Ain Shams University Hospitals. They all represent 2.2% of all patients registered at the RT-NMD in the same period. Male female ratio was 1.3: 1, the mean age at diagonsis in years was [40.1 +/- 14.9] with range of [19 - 75] years. The peak incidence was found the third decade, followed by the fourth decade 28.2% and 23.9% respectively. The mean duration of symptoms in months was 8.9 +/- 8.5. This report details the local control and survival results 57 patients treated at curative aim by operative adjuvant radio-chemotherapy. Follow up period renged from 12 - 72 months. The two-year survival as 75.4% while 5- years survival was 25%

role of 99m Tc-sulphur colloid in detecting the relationship between hepatic kupffer cells dysfunction and intrinsic asthma

This study was carried out at both Departments of Medicine and Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine Ain Shams University Hospitals between January, 1992 and February 1993. It included 2 groups. The first group consisted of 20 patients having criteria suggestive of intrinsic asthma [6 males and 14 females], their ages varied between [31 and 55 years]. The second group [controls] consisted of 20 volunteers who were not complaining of any allergic manifestations. The study showed that there was a positive correlation between total half life of plasma clearance of 99mTc-sulphur colloid and Forced expiratory volume in one second [FEVl] among intrinsic asthmatic patients but there was no significant difference between intrinsic asthmatic patients and control group as regard total half life of plasma clearance of 99mTc-sulphur colloid denoting that hepatic macrophages Kupffer cells are functionally active in the intrinsic asthmatic patients